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Updated: 6:17 PM EDT Mar 14, 2019

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Updated: 6:17 PM EDT Mar 14, 2019

Officials are investigating a fatal house fire in Sheffield as a murder-suicide, according to Berkshire District Attorney Andrea Harrington.Five people, including three children, were found inside the home at 1343 Home Road.Harrington said the victims are 41-year-old Luke Karpinski, 41-year-old Justine Wilbur, 7-year-old twins and a 3-year-old.Harrington said the fire in Sheffield was reported just before 8 a.m. Wednesday and the home was fully engulfed when fire crews arrived.The fire was extinguished just over an hour later, and the bodies were found when firefighters entered the residence. One body was found in one room and the remaining four bodies were discovered in another room.Harrington said the bodies have been transported to the Chief Medical Examiner's Office in Boston. The causes of death are not available at this time. No additional details about the victims have been disclosed by authorities.The State Fire Marshal's Office, Massachusetts State Police and the Berkshire District Attorney's Office are still investigating.

SHEFFIELD, Mass. —

Officials are investigating a fatal house fire in Sheffield as a murder-suicide, according to Berkshire District Attorney Andrea Harrington.

Five people, including three children, were found inside the home at 1343 Home Road.

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Harrington said the victims are 41-year-old Luke Karpinski, 41-year-old Justine Wilbur, 7-year-old twins and a 3-year-old.

Harrington said the fire in Sheffield was reported just before 8 a.m. Wednesday and the home was fully engulfed when fire crews arrived.

The fire was extinguished just over an hour later, and the bodies were found when firefighters entered the residence. One body was found in one room and the remaining four bodies were discovered in another room.

Harrington said the bodies have been transported to the Chief Medical Examiner's Office in Boston. The causes of death are not available at this time.

No additional details about the victims have been disclosed by authorities.

The State Fire Marshal's Office, Massachusetts State Police and the Berkshire District Attorney's Office are still investigating.